Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Fields, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867

John Fields registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 12 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Tarrant County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
4 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Tarrant County

John Fields

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Fields
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Tarrant County
Precinct
6
Registered
August 13, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Tarrant County
12 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Years in Texas before Tarrant County
4 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Tarrant County highlighted
Tarrant County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

4 years

John Fields reported 4 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.

Fieldses elsewhere in Texas

All 62 freedmen named Fields in Texas

Variations of Fields

Sources

This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 10 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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